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"IGT's NASPL portfolio is designed to enhance player engagement, grow sales, drive player convenience, and expand opportunities for lotteries," said Jay Gendron, IGT Chief Operating Officer Lottery. "In developing our portfolio, IGT applied decades of player insights and global experience to ensure that we are supporting versatile products that responsibly shape the future of lotteries and entertain players across a range of channels."

“We are ready for them to become a partner with us in this historic venture of starting Mississippi’s lottery,” said MLC President Tom Shaheen. “With their skillset, I am confident they will be able to help us grow the company and reach our audiences through exciting avenues.”

“The Illinois Lottery is proud to support such a worthy cause and expand its commitment to good causes around the state,” Illinois Lottery Acting Director Harold Mays said. “This new game will help us achieve our goal to create fun games that benefit people and communities throughout Illinois.”

We are pleased to be working with one of the most iconic leagues in professional sports worldwide,” said EquiLottery Games CEO Brad Cummings. “We have already hit the ground running and the early response from lotteries to Baseball Bucks has been exceedingly positive. I want to thank MLB for being exceptional to work with through this process as we develop a game that will increase the engagement with baseball across the U.S. while also returning more money to the good causes lotteries support. As with all of our games, Baseball Bucks is designed to be a win for all parties involved.”

"We are thrilled to have IGT on board with the Mississippi Lottery Corporation," said Tom Shaheen, Mississippi Lottery Corporation President. "We look forward to partnering with them in our effort as we pursue our mission of raising funds for roads and bridges throughout Mississippi."

“Installing Lottery ticket vending machines at State Farm Stadium will be a win-win for our players, many of whom are Cardinals fans,” Executive Director of the Arizona Lottery Gregg Edgar said. “We are excited to partner with the Arizona Cardinals again, and we can’t wait to watch our players scratching in their seats while winning with their team.”

Jean-Luc Moner-Banet, Chair of the WLA Sports Betting Integrity Committee said, “This is indeed an historical day for many of us. The Convention will no doubt play a vital role in eradicating match-fixing, a phenomenon that jeopardises the very credibility and inspirational value of sports. On behalf of WLA and its members, I urge states across the globe to proceed with its ratification and the implementation of its provisions. We also call upon states to set up national platforms and take concrete measures against illegal sports betting, as required by the Convention”.

"Adding Resorts World Catskills to the growing list of operators leveraging the IGT PlaySports platform reinforces the quality, versatility and market readiness of our omni-channel solution," said Enrico Drago, IGT PlayDigital Senior Vice President. "The continued expansion of IGT PlaySports' footprint validates that we are serious about sports betting, and our '50-state solution' can service a diverse range of IGT customers spanning commercial and tribal casinos, lotteries and racetracks."

Pat McHugh, Executive Vice President and Group Chief Executive, Lottery for Scientific Games, said, "On behalf of all of our teams at Scientific Games, from game creation to innovative and secure products, we are honored by the trust placed in us to meet their growth objectives as the exclusive supplier of retail terminals, a portfolio of instant games and supporting systems for the Turkey National Lottery."

INTRALOT Group Chairman & CEO Sokratis P. Kokkalis noted: “The second quarter results, although still absorbing the business impact of last year’s negative developments, reflect improvement in operating cash flows and liquidity by successfully implementing our three-pillar strategy for operational improvements, new business, and non-core asset disposals. We successfully completed the delivery and transition to the Lotos X new central system for our historic client OPAP in July, and came to an agreement with OPAP for the disposal of our 16.5% participation in Hellenic Lotteries for a consideration of €20.0m. The renewal of our contract with the DC Lottery to include Sportsbetting and the award of a new Sportsbetting contract in Morocco demonstrate INTRALOT’s readiness to tap fresh opportunities with cutting-edge new technological solutions.” READ THE ENTIRE REPORT HERE

Harold Mays, Illinois Lottery Acting Director, said, “The Illinois Lottery’s mission is to maximize revenue in an ethical and socially responsible manner to benefit schools, capital projects and specialty causes. “To that end, the Illinois Lottery has contributed more than $21 billion in revenue to help fund education in Illinois and hundreds of millions of dollars more for specialty causes and capital projects.”

“During the third and fourth quarters of FY19, we began to view with growing concern an aggressive expansion in the number of these machines installed at Lottery-selling retail locations,” Lottery Director Kevin Hall wrote. “By our unofficial count, nearly 4,300 of these unregulated games-of-skill machines now operate in more than 1,350 Lottery licensed retailers – one-quarter of our licensed retail locations.”

Kristian Nylén, Kambi Chief Executive Officer, said: “Over the course of the past 12 months, Kambi and DraftKings have developed a symbiotic relationship, working closely together to deliver a high-quality sportsbook, which has only improved over time.

“With billions of dollars in critical revenue for education in the balance, Judge Barbadoro’s ruling is clearly consistent with the intent of the law, allowing states to offer legal gaming products to support important causes, said Lottery Executive Director Charles McIntyre.”

“The CT Lottery is excited to partner with Powerball to give our players a chance to win a fun-filled VIP trip to New York City, plus a chance to be the first Powerball millionaire of the year,” said CT Lottery President and CEO Greg Smith. “I really hope a Connecticut winner brings home the $1 million prize.”

"We are happy and proud that last year we not only celebrated the 70th anniversary of our company, but also significantly increased our sales," said Rhineland-Palatinian LOTTO Managing Director Jürgen Häfner, "We have once again demonstrated that we have innovative and sustainable game offerings in our portfolio that continue to appeal to our customers."

“Our longstanding partnership with IGT has enabled us to operate our statewide video lottery system with the highest standards of integrity and security, and has helped us grow revenue to fund programs Oregonians care about including schools, parks, and economic development,” said Barry Pack, Oregon State Lottery Director.” “Through the upgrade of IGT INTELLIGEN, the Oregon Lottery will gain access to industry-leading technology that can help drive revenue and position the Lottery to deploy future functionality,” said Jay Gendron, IGT Chief Operating Officer, Lottery.“The Oregon Lottery has one of North America’s most successful VLT programs, and IGT has been providing it with innovative technology for more than three decades.

"IGT is helping the Minnesota State Lottery increase our sales footprint and attract new players through the addition of the innovative GameTouch 20s," said Adam Prock, Minnesota State Lottery Executive Director. "Generating more funds for the State and our important beneficiaries is our goal, and introducing modern lottery conveniences like IGT's new self-service vending machines will help us to deliver on our mission and better serve our retail partners and players alike." "IGT has delivered cutting-edge lottery products and solutions to the Minnesota State Lottery since it became a valued customer of ours in 2003," said Jay Gendron, IGT Chief Operating Officer, Lottery."We are committed to the Minnesota State Lottery's long-term growth strategy and believe the addition of the GameTouch 20s will complement the Lottery's well-established operation and provide further convenience to players and retailers."

Philip Bowcock, Chief Executive Officer of William Hill, said: “We are making good progress against the five-year strategy we outlined last year, delivering strong revenue growth in the US and other international markets and positioning William Hill well for future growth. We continue to expand rapidly in the US, both in Nevada and in the new states, with over $1bn wagered with us in the first half. We are now live in eight states and will expand into at least two more states in H2.”

Lorne Weil, Executive Chairman of Inspired commenting on the quarter said "we believe that by the end of 2019/beginning of 2020 we should have mitigated the impact of the Triennial Implementation to a level at or below our earlier forecasts, added new organic Adjusted EBITDA at least equal to the Triennial Implementation impact, completed the NTG Novomatic UK's Gaming Technology Group,acquisition and begun to realize the benefits of synergy. This would take our profitability to an entirely new level and provide a platform for continued growth thereafter."

In order to maintain the current monopoly-based gambling system, Olli Sarekoski, chief executive, Veikkaus, estimated it will be necessary to prohibit gambling and money transfers from foreign gambling sites in Finland.

“We’re pleased to be able to report on new records, but equally, we’re proud to serve as a vital source of revenue for the state,” said Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director Gordon Medenica. “We are extremely grateful for the efforts of our employees, our retailers, our vendors and our casino partners. The hard work continues as we move forward into a new year.”

PrizePromotionsAroundtheWorld:LaunchofNewEdition

The fourth edition of DLA Piper’s popular Prize Promotions Around the World online guide is now available. The guide has been fully updated and also includes four new jurisdictions, to bring the total coverage to 39 jurisdictions.

Prize promotions (including promotional sweepstakes and skill competitions) remain a hugely popular marketing tool used globally by organisations to engage with customers. The internet and social media platforms make this an attractive, cost efficient means of reaching a large, multi-jurisdictional customer base; but it is not without its legal challenges.

This guide is designed to equip DLA Piper’s clients with a useful tool to assist with the management of the early development stages of a promotion, and to bring attention to potentially problematic issues as early in the creation process as possible. Issues covered include legal requirements for sweepstakes and skills competitions, regulation of judges and prizes, formal requirements such as registration and translations, and penalties for non-compliance.

New features and trends

In response to client demand, this new edition of the Guide has been expanded to cover 39 jurisdictions which are among the most significant for global businesses. The new jurisdictions are Denmark, Hungary, Nigeria and Turkey.

The guide’s interactive map has also been updated, and it confirms that the extent of regulation and sanctions in this area is on the rise, with the most noticeable change being brought about by the introduction of GDPR across the European Union. GDPR extends obligations around handling promotion entrants’ personal data (e.g. for winner publicity, use of promotions to generate marketing leads and use of UGC entries containing personal data), and introduces the possibility of huge fines for breaches of those obligations.

Approach to International Prize Promotions

Marketing and legal teams of international brands are frequently tasked with rolling out cross-jurisdictional promotions in short timescales, however the variety of legal requirements across jurisdictions can make this a complex and risky endeavor.

This guide does not replace legal advice but can help to identify key issues early on in the process. A proportionate approach which takes account of the differing legal requirements, budgets, potential exposure, and co-ordinates input from the affected jurisdictions must be adopted. The DLA Piper global advertising and marketing team is uniquely well-placed to handle complex, local and multi-jurisdictional compliance projects, including prize promotions.

“Global Gaming Women has a strong mission statement, and our guiding principles of courage, integrity, and leadership continue to inspire our Board and the women we serve. We are grateful to the many companies and individuals who back GGW, and as we broaden our donor structure, we will ensure we will have the resources necessary to support the development of women at all levels throughout the industry,” Eickelman said.